Fundeni is a commune in

Călărași County Călărași () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km2. * Romanians – 94.1% ...

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of a single village, Fundeni. As of 2011, the population of Fundeni was 5,658. The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, whi ...

. It lies north of

Oltenița Oltenița () is a Municipiu, city in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania, on the left bank of the river Argeș (river), Argeș, where its waters flow into the Danube. Geography The city is located in the southwestern part of the county; it sta ...

, west of the county seat,

Călărași Călărași (), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest. It is one of six Romanian county se ...

, and east of downtown

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

. Fundeni lies on the left bank of the

Dâmbovița River Dâmbovița can refer to these places in Romania: * Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administ ...

. The river Pasărea passes through the commune, forming Lake Fundeni, before discharging into the Dâmbovița just south of Fundeni. The commune is crossed by the county road DJ301, which connects it to the south to

Plătărești Plătărești is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cucuieți, Dorobanțu, Plătărești, and Podu Pitarului. The commune is located in the southwestern reaches of the Bărăgan Plain, in the west ...

, Gălbinași,

Vasilați Vasilați is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Nuci, Popești and Vasilați. Gălbinași village belonged to Vasilați until 2005, when it was split off to form Gălbinași Commune. Natives * D ...

, and

Budești Budești ( Romani: ''Budeshti'') is a small provincial town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Aprozi, Buciumeni, and Gruiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural ...

(where it ends in

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

DN4), and to the north to

Cernica Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 11,871 as of 2021. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta, and Tânganu. The commune is situated in the Wal ...

and Pantelimon in Ilfov County (where it ends in DN3). In the center of Fundeni, county road DJ100 branches off DJ301, leading north to

Brănești, Ilfov Brănești is a commune in the far east of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name is derived from ''Bran'', a Romanian name, and the suffix -ești (placename element), -ești. It is composed of four villages: Brănești, Islaz, Pasărea, and Vad ...

(where it intersects with DN3), Găneasa, Afumați (where it intersects with DN2),

Ștefăneștii de Jos Ștefăneștii de Jos is a commune in the centre of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name means "Lower Ștefănești", derived from ''Ștefan'' (Stephan) and suffix -ești The suffix ''-ești'' (pronounced , sometimes changed to ''-ăști'' ) ...

Tunari Tunari is a commune in the center of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name means "cannoneers" in Romanian. It is composed of two villages, Dimieni and Tunari. The commune is located in the central part of the county, at a distance of north o ...

, and

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. H ...

(where it ends in

DN1 DN1 () is an important national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the northwestern part of the country and the border with Hungary via Borș. The main cities linked by DN1 are Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Sibiu, Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoc ...

). The train stop Funzănești, located near the intersection of DJ301 and DJ100, serves the CFR Line 801, which connects Bucharest (

Obor Obor is the name of a square and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There is also a Bucharest Metro station (on the Bucharest Metro Line M1, M1 line) named Obor metro station, Obor, which lies in this area. The dis ...

) to Oltenița.

References

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Communes in Călărași County Localities in Muntenia {{Călăraşi-geo-stub